Recruiting: Nkemdiche saga not all that uncommon

To land top talent, some programs have no issue with package deals

11:39 PM,
Jul. 28, 2012

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Desperate for an infusion of talent after two years on probation, an SEC school was willing to do just about anything to get an elite prospect's signature.

So it didn't just sign the running back. It took his quarterback and an offensive lineman, too. Maybe it was just incidental, but a student trainer also announced he was headed to the same school as the star athlete.

This did not happen in February, though. Or the year before that. It was in 1987, the school was Florida and the recruit in question was Emmitt Smith. ...